âNEW TERRITORYâ: Marion County Election officials consider applying new election worker protection law to voting incident
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 13, 2024 Before making a decision whether to refer the matter to prosecutors, the Marion County Election Board wants to hear from the Indianapolis man who walked into a voting center on Election Day with two handguns and a knife. T â...â
LOSING PATIENCE: Plaintiffs in Anderson redistricting fight ask for a deadline
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 13, 2024 Plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the city of Anderson Common Councilâs failure to redraw its council district map have filed a motion asking the federal court to start setting deadlines. The motion to set deadline, filed w â...â
LEAVING THE SENATE: Gov.-Elect Mike Braun recalls legislative successes, offers advice in farewell address
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 12, 2024 In his farewell speech to the U.S. Senate Wednesday, Mike Braun, Indiana governor-elect, recalled a memory from his earliest days on Capitol Hill. He had attended his first State of the Union address in 2019 and was walkin â...â
âINSPIRES AND EMPOWERSâ: Lt. Gov. Crouch honored for work boosting civic education in Indiana classrooms
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 10, 2024 In January, sixth graders across Indiana will tumble back into the classroom and commence learning about forming a âmore perfect unionâ; the freedom of religion, speech and assembly; the functions of each branch of gov â...â
ARGUING FOR DEMOCRACY: Disagree Better initiative continues to call for âhealthy conflict,â especially at local level
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 6, 2024 Forget compromise. Forget finding common ground. Forget keeping your opinions to yourself. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox does not want Americans to shy away from disagreements and fierce debates. âOur system (of government) was d â...â
TSF story: VOICES OF VOTERS: Hoosiers express concern and uncertainty after 2024 election
A quarter of Americans have called the Nov. 5 election the most stressful experience of their year. Many members of minority and previously targeted groupsâa college student in the process of transitioning, an immigrant with uncertain citizenship statusâare worrying and wond â...â
RACIAL REDISTRICTING CONCERNS: Anderson council to hire consultant to redraw maps, preserve majority-minority district
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 6, 2024 In a decision that will prolong redistricting litigation that started in June 2023, the Anderson Common Council voted 7-2 Tuesday night to hire a consultant to redraw the council district map, so, councilors said, they coul â...â
TURNOUT TALLY: Fewer Hoosiers vote in 2024 than in 2020; election workers face more early voting and poll site tensions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 2, 2024 For St. Joseph County Circuit Court Clerk Amy Rolfes, the statistics only confirmed what she had been seeing and hearing from voters in the days and weeks leading into the Nov. 5 election. Nearly 59,000 registered voters in â...â
IMPACT OF WOMEN LEGISLATORS: Two Indiana Democrats discuss push to change Statehouse culture on sexual harassment, other issues
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 26, 2024 Looking ahead to the 2025 Indiana General Assembly session, state Rep. Carey Hamilton acknowledged she is not very hopeful. The Indianapolis Democrat pointed to the âearth-shaking electionâ that, in Indiana, included t â...â
OPEN RECORDS RESPONSE: Indiana secretary of state, attorney general defend actions regarding media requests for names on voter verification list
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 22, 2024 The Indiana attorney general and Indiana secretary of state told the Indiana public access counselor on Wednesday that they are still determining whether the list of 585,774 registered Hoosier voters whose citizenship stat â...â